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Bribes physicians: No Thanks

After spending a few days in Barcelona lands and to publish the books (health and Conspiracies dealers toxic) way to offer some nuanced presentation in Madrid, on Wednesday March 26, the platform No Thanks , which I attended. First highlight the huge number of signatures of health professionals is collecting No Thanks ( to view and / or sign the manifesto ). It is clear that there are desires to major changes in the health care system in search of ethics, largely lost the benefit of private interests minority.

During the presentation of No Thanks, Joan-Ramon Laporte , Professor of Pharmacology, explained that today there are divergent interests between patients and the pharmaceutical industry. One of the workhorses of this platform is to end bribery or bribery of doctors and medical personnel from many laboratories and companies.

also with private funding for training of physicians, it should be public, depending on the government, demand from No Thanks. It will not be easy, because as discussed in the conference, the latest reform of the Medicines Act, made almost two years ago, we tried to include the regulation of medical visits but almost all political groups rejected the measure.

This again raises the question: who finances the campaigns of those political parties? We will not know, at least until we have a law similar to the Freedom of Information in the U.S. have, which requires parties to state which companies from financing their campaigns and how much money they receive (the truth is that There is no point because as I demonstrate in health dealers the pharmaceutical lobby controls the U.S. Government through the financing of election campaigns).

Spain, according to those present at the appointment of No Thanks, is the country with more drugs with less five years of marketing. This leads to an increase in public spending on drugs, as these brand and growth of the damage and deaths from adverse effects of preparations, being less proven its potential damage.

Juan Gervás , a doctor in the Madrid mountains, made a public acknowledgment of financial conflicts of interest with the industry to show several events that will partially fund certain labs. Put this as an example that is now almost impossible to be 100% independent medical laboratories.

voluntarily disclose conflicts of interest is a the next steps in search of lost ethics. Very welcome is the idea that these professionals have placed on the doors of their consultations stickers that warn that they do not get reps.

Gervás also denounced the huge traffic of influences that exist in the health system, in which top managers frequently move into the ranks of private companies.

Gervás is a rare bird on the panorama health: do not get reps. Most health professionals who attend these labs sellers do, and see it as something natural. Since not advocate eliminating Thanks the visit to avoid tarugueo wills or buying gifts, hospitality or money ( View Informational Videos Tele5 ).

Carmen Ortiz, president of the Federation of Associations for the Defence of Public Health , promoter of No Thanks, explained that there was a spirit of confrontation with other health professionals but try to encourage them to be redirected towards good practice.

These and many other issues were discussed in the presentation of No Thanks. Keep you informed. For now, the organization for receiving accessions, the penultimate of the Association of Progressive de la Comunitat Valenciana.